Magnetite: Preferred Orientation on the Basal Plane of Partially Reduced Hematite
Rolland O. Keeling Jr. 1 and
Deane A. Wick 2
1 Department of Physics
2 Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Houghton
Crystallites of two different orientations have been observed in the polycrystalline magnetite layer formed by carbon monoxide reduction on the basal plane of a hematite single crystal. The relative reducibility of hematite and magnetite ores may be related to this double orientation.